Curiosity: To See God

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Exodus 19:21,24
And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
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Curiosity a Temptation to Sin.
... at length we are taken captive at his will[3]. He sees that curiosity is man's ... They
never will know what it is to see God, till they obey; nay, though they are ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon v curiosity a temptation.htm

That we must Avoid all Curiosity, and Humbly Acquiesce in God's ...
... In striving to raise our reasonings too high in divine things by curiosity we grow ...
of the Epistle to the Romans, shall clearly see that God's will did not ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter vii that we must.htm

Another Kind of Temptation is Curiosity, which is Stimulated by ...
... any one compelled them to go and see it, or any ... From this malady of curiosity are
all those strange sights ... again, even in religion itself, is God tempted, when ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xxxv another kind of temptation.htm

How a Man Shall have Him in this Work against all Thoughts, and ...
... and specially against all those that arise of his own curiosity, of cunning, and ...
And there will he let thee see the wonderful kindness of God, and if ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the seventh chapter.htm

The Power of God's Word to Convict Men of Sin.
... His curiosity aroused, the Buddhist priest commenced to read it, but when he reached ...
it: "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Although he ...
/.../pink/the divine inspiration of the bible/i the power of gods.htm

The Divine Word Our Model.
... We must make use only of that which God sends us to do or to suffer ... hearts, we keep
moving the paper and prevent it writing by our curiosity, to see what it ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/section xii the divine word our.htm

"This Then is the Message which we have Heard of Him, and Declare ...
... If it be only to give entertainment to the curiosity of our minds, as in the
contemplation of ... "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God," Matthew ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xi this then is.htm

How we Shall Make Use of Christ as the Truth, that we May Win to ...
... 3. We must beware of carnal curiosity, and of unlawful ... for nought; and as God will
be still God invisible and ... that in his glorious face we may see the invisible ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter xviii how we shall.htm

He is Forcibly Goaded on by the Love of Praise.
... as regards the pleasures of the flesh and an idle curiosity, I see ... Behold, O Truth,
in Thee do I see that I ought ... I beseech Thee now, O my God, to reveal to me ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xxxvii he is forcibly goaded.htm

The Council of Nicaea (Ad 325)
... do, and that the question whether our Lord and Saviour were God or a ... were also present;
even some heathen philosophers went out of curiosity to see what the ...
/.../chapter xi the council of.htm

Subtopics

Curiosity

Curiosity of Abraham, to Know Whether God Would Destroy the Righteous People Who Lived in Sodom

Curiosity of Angels, to Look Into the Mysteries of Salvation

Curiosity of Daniel, to Know a Vision

Curiosity of Eve

Curiosity of Herod (Antipas), to See Jesus

Curiosity of Jacob, to Know the Name of the Angel

Curiosity of Manoah, to Know the Name of an Angel

Curiosity of the Athenians, to Hear some New Thing

Curiosity of the Babylonians, to See Hezekiah's Treasures

Curiosity of the Disciples, to Know Whether Jesus Would Restore the Kingdom of the Jews